The friends relive 90’s firsts this week as they recall postered walls, journals, concerts and being a rebel at Bumbershoot. In Big News, it’s Ken’s birthday (!!!) and there IS a celebration to be had. Plus: the importance of planning your own party. In New News, Car rolls our the fresh new concept of Wild Horse People vs Wild Cat People, which is explored, questioned and full of lols. Share your take at [email protected] !

This week the friends take you on a Journey to the Center of Yourself. Car & Ken discuss big & little things that help you feel like yourself and explore “being anchored in yourself” vs “feeling good or happy”. In dog news: Little Jerry & Randy Do A Naughty for sandwiches. Plus: Seattle’s response to sunshine, the ugliest sandal, the mystery of parenting and kids doing hilarious things. Don’t forget to Do A Good and donate to the warm goods drive for Aurora Commons and Ken’s Big Climb for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (see below to get involved).

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THE BIG CLIMB!

The Big Climb is a stairclimb up the Columbia Center - the tallest skyscraper in downtown Seattle.  There are 69 floors of stairs, 1311 steps, and 788 feet of vertical elevation.  Although it will be challenging, it pales in comparison to what blood cancer patients go through.  All proceeds benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

http://www.llswa.org/goto/kendraellen

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DOING A WARM GOODS DRIVE!

Aurora Commons is an organization in North Seattle offering services and gathering space for folks who sleep outside. There is no emergency shelter in that part of the city and the work the Commons does is vital for helping people this time of year. There are a number of ways you can help, regardless of being local to Seattle. Any gesture is greatly appreciated. Please see below for details and email us with any questions [email protected]

Donate Funds: https://www.auroracommons.org/give

Amazon Wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/165U3KGDE4T5R/ref=hz_ls_biz_ex

This week Car & Ken cover ground, discussing theme songs, dessert pizzas and Marie Kondo-ing your phone. Ken shares the update & info for her stair climbing challenge (see below for details to donate!) while Car makes some embarrassing confessions. In beefier news, the friends read a listener email with Hot Takes on virginity, which starts a conversation about youth & intimacy, the constructs of virginity and how we need a new word for what that is.

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WHAT IS THE BIG CLIMB?

The Big Climb is a stairclimb up the Columbia Center - the tallest skyscraper in downtown Seattle.  There are 69 floors of stairs, 1311 steps, and 788 feet of vertical elevation.  Although it will be challenging, it pales in comparison to what blood cancer patients go through.  All proceeds benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. The video below captures the true spirit of the Big Climb.

Who is The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society?

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is the world's largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research, education and patient services. The mission of LLS is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

Every day, more than 347 LLS sponsored researchers come closer to the goal of finding a cure for leukemia and related blood cancers. Locally, LLS funds 10 researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and University of Washington Medical Center. Your support and commitment to the mission of LLS enables us to continue this important work of saving lives and aids us in our ability to reach patients in our community.

To donate to our team as a whole, please click the 'donate' button, and your donation will be distributed equally between all team members. To make a donation to an individual team member, please click on their name.

Thank you, we hope you consider the time to donate to the cause, click below!

http://www.llswa.org/goto/kendraellen

Coming to you from South of the Town this week, Car & Ken start this episode over, in a first-ever “we did not Do A Good, let’s try that again”. The friends are having an irritating moment, while Ken is on a fancy watch journey and Car is in her own personal retrograde. In astrological happenings, they share keywords for the zodiac and how different signs need to be loved.  Plus: observations of people Doing A Bad, problematic behavior & toxic masculinity and the mysteries of Shark Tank / entrepreneurial passions. Our warm goods drive for Aurora Commons is still going on, see below for details of how you can get involved & Do A Good.

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DOING A WARM GOODS DRIVE

Aurora Commons is an organization in North Seattle offering services and gathering space for folks who sleep outside. There is no emergency shelter in that part of the city and the work the Commons does is vital for helping people this time of year. There are a number of ways you can help, regardless of being local to Seattle. Any gesture is greatly appreciated. Please see below for details and email us with any questions [email protected]

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HOW TO DONATE / GIVE

Donate Funds: https://www.auroracommons.org/give

Amazon Wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/165U3KGDE4T5Rxw.  /ref=hz_ls_biz_ex

Drop Off Directly:

Aurora Commons

8914 Aurora Ave

Seattle WA 98103

Drop Off Hours to Commons:

Mon: 10am-1pm, 6-9pm

Weds: 5-9pm

Thurs: 10-1pm

*for more times call 206.299.2278

Drop Off to Us:

Bait Shop

606 Broadway E

Seattle WA 98102

Drop Off Hours to Bait Shop:

seven days a week: 4pm-2am

+ Items of interest / high need: tarps, tents, sleeping bags, blankets, gloves, hand & toe warmers, Starbucks gift cards (more suggestions at Auroracommons.org) +

It’s Seattle Snowmageddon 2019!!! Join Car & Ken as they kick off Seattle’s legitimate snow days with feelings not facts, pro snow tips, joke moments and tales of winters past (including a Naughty from Ken). Plus, a story from Ken about a chance encounter with some elderly new friends and Car explains her snow wardrobe (including many pairs of pants).

Doing A Good Alert: We are organizing a warm goods drive for Aurora Commons, a Seattle group providing services and shelter to those in need. Please join us in donating goods and funds to help folks stay warm as the temperatures continue to drop and the snow settles in. See below for details.

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DOING A WARM GOODS DRIVE

Aurora Commons is an organization in North Seattle offering services and gathering space for folks who sleep outside. There is no emergency shelter in that part of the city and the work the Commons does is vital for helping people this time of year. There are a number of ways you can help, regardless of being local to Seattle. Any gesture is greatly appreciated. Please see below for details and email us with any questions [email protected]

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HOW TO DONATE / GIVE

Donate Funds: https://www.auroracommons.org/give

Amazon Wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/165U3KGDE4T5R/ref=hz_ls_biz_ex

Drop Off Directly:

Aurora Commons

8914 Aurora Ave

Seattle WA 98103

Drop Off Hours to Commons:

Mon: 10am-1pm, 6-9pm

Weds: 5-9pm

Thurs: 10-1pm

*for more times call 206.299.2278

Drop Off to Us:

Bait Shop

606 Broadway E

Seattle WA 98102

Drop Off Hours to Bait Shop:

seven days a week: 4pm-2am

+ Items of interest / high need: tarps, tents, sleeping bags, blankets, gloves, hand & toe warmers, Starbucks gift cards (more suggestions at Auroracommons.org) +

Can you hear me now? This week Car & Ken take you on a vacation of the mind by cruising the tabloids and dishing the hot gossip. New couple alert! Buying loaves of bread! The Bachelor! A Goop summit! The friends discover they know nothing about celebrities! Plus: disappointments in remodeling trends, Car opens up about migraines and Ken tackles stairs in her training journey to the top.

Milestone moment! To celebrate their 30th episode, Car & Ken dive into 30 would-you-rather, desert-island, hypothetical, deeply revealing icebreakers. Play along on this getting-to-know-you journey. Plus: Ken’s fitness! Car’s head! Transition lenses! Tanning! Mullets! Embarrassing moments to cherish forever! Share your dirty thirty answers: [email protected]

This week’s order of operations: New Year’s etiquette, getting down with the sickness, meta conversation about the podcast, then: 2019 Goal Check In Round One! Where Car is at with the pots on her stove, where Ken is with her fitness & cooking, current actionable steps, bodies are different, and some cool events on the horizon. The Event Horizon. Plus: following up on “that uncomfortable feeling”, what it’s about, and what you do with it.

The last pod of 2018! This week is exactly what you’d expect this time of year: the friends wrap up holiday scenarios, including taking it to the dome for the kids, accepting reality, celebration-as-distraction, and saying goodbye to Ken’s Magic Hour. Car shares an embarrassing story about gift disappointment, and they explore the Giant Trampolines of 2018. Then, to no one’s surprise, Ken & Car talk goals and resolutions for the new year. Because sometimes yo’ve just got to get on the bandwagon and regroup. Some themes: being kind to your body, sustaining what you have & growing what you’ve started and not seeking approval. Thank you for taking this new journey with us in 2018–we love you and we’ll see you next year!

Boom: Self Empowered by Doing A Good.